ARKON AND XEMU VS THE FANTASTIC FOUR AND THE INHUMANS

This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post here at Balladeer’s Blog will look at 6 issues in a row from a memorable Fantastic 4 run. FANTASTIC FOUR Vol 1 #158 (May 1975) Title: Invasion from the Fifth Dimension Villain: Xemu Synopsis: Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) and his wife Invisible Woman (Susan Storm-Richards) are debating the pluses […]

PSYCHOTRONIC: MICHAEL WELDON’S LEGACY

Some readers have been asking what I mean by my frequently used term “Psychotronic movies”. It’s a nice reminder that not everyone is as immersed as people like me are in Bad and Weird Movie Culture. Psychotronic Video started in 1980 as a fanzine published and written by Cleveland record store employee Michael Weldon, who […]